User talk:TheNewPhobia/Archives/2008/August

Thunderstorm revert
Why did you revert my edit to Thunderstorm? Explain because I don't understand.
 * It does not need a heading, like you added, because it is the lead of the article. Click the "lead" for info about leads. Thanks! Jonathan speak out 01:41, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I read your response, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.244.59.186 (talk) 01:44, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No prob! Jonathan speak out 01:47, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:Navbarshop.png
Do you still have a use for this image? If not, may I delete it? User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 01:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure..... Jonathan speak out 22:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Gone. If you need it back, let me know and I will restore it. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 22:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back
It appears I haven't been very attentive lately, so a belated welcome-back you have from me! —Animum (talk) 17:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hehe, thanks! Jon   t  19:21, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Manboobies
Hi there; this editor, whom you have nominated for username block, has been editing under this name since 2005. Did you check his contributions? --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 20:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I think some people with that condition may find it offensive. Jon   t  20:38, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

195.212.0.185
Following your "final warning" on the above IP editor's talk page, he/she made yet another vandalistic edit to Ariel Sharon, which I reverted. Only then did I check the IP's talk page and saw all the warnings. I do not know what happens now and I am not an admin, so I leave the next step to you. 6SJ7 (talk) 18:41, 11 August 2008 (UTC) Added note:  I now see you are not an admin either, but your knowledge of the "warning sequence" is obviously far greater than mine. 6SJ7 (talk) 18:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ - He should be taken care of VERY soon. Thanks! Jonathan talk - contribs - review me! 18:46, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

hi! sorry for deleting your text, but you were right, it was not my intention. please have a look on what I did today and give me a feedback. thanks, eike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flobux (talk • contribs) 16:23, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Your edit
"About this edit, you might want to tone it down a bit. The user may have found it more offensive than you meant it to be. Thanks! Jonathan talk - contribs - review me! 01:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)"


 * Let me make sure I understand this. An anon editor vandalizes a page four times, his only four edits. I give him a final warning and he continues to vandalize. So I give him a sterner final warning telling him that if he vandalizes again he will not be warned again but will be blocked without further warning. And you're telling me to tone it down??? WP:NPA will not allow me to give you an honest response to your own tone, so let me just say I have read and dismissed your message as useless protection of vandals. And thanks for reminding me of why Wikipedia is broken. Now, if you don't mind, I'll kindly ask you, unless you have any additional problems with my edits, to please leave my talk page alone. Thank you. Ward3001 (talk) 01:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmmmmm...I will if you'll be civil. Jonathan talk - contribs - review me! 16:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, my hands are tied now. I must snap to attention and salute. You pulled an admin in on the situation. And a lot (but not all) admins aren't interested in creating a quality encyclopedia. They prefer to protect their own hide by not stepping on the toes of anon vandals. "Don't bite the newcomer" often really means "Let anon vandals do as they please so I don't have to come down hard on anyone." So, I congratulate you on a strategy well-played. If you aspire to be an admin, I have no doubt that you will be. And now, you can go ahead and "report" me for something, perhaps making another "nasty comment" on your user page. If you play it up right, you might get me blocked. That would only be the second block I've had in the two years I've been editing. The first one was by an admin who actually had some courage. He blocked me despite the fact that I was a "newcomer" because (not understanding anything) I violated 3RR without knowing I had violated anything. But I didn't whine about "biting the newcomer". I accepted it as necessary to maintain a quality encyclopedia. Unfortunately, most admins don't have that approach, and Wikipedia loses some of its best editors as a result. Ward3001 (talk) 00:35, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Crystal Mapping Deletion status
Hello Jonathan.

I can see why you thought crystal mapping unworthy of an entry. All I can say is that I'm doing this in good faith but I'm not sure how to proceed vis a vis the 'promotion' issue and some of the other problems. You're right I am the author of the only citation - will it help if I cite someone else's article about the subject. Also re crystallography and google counts - how do I get round that? The two things are entirely different?

The background to the term and the subject is that crystal mapping is similar to concept mapping and mind mapping and a number of other such tools and processes but is distinctly different in the way it handles the subject and thus is a new method in its own right. The key to crystal mapping is the fact that it is based on a circle thus representing unity. I have a number of academics who would verify the uniqueness of the idea and process.

This is not a spam / spurious idea of any sort and it is a genuine belief on my part and of others that crystal mapping is a new method and process and the intention is to get it increasingly recognised as such.

Also I note that a brand of mind mapping software Mind Manager has a listing. Could I copy the way this has been listed for Crystal Mapping (i.e. as a branded product in the general area of mind mapping / concept mapping)as a start?

Thsnka in anticipation of your comments —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark wogan (talk • contribs) 19:03, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems to be a neologism being promoted here. Jonathan talk - contribs - review me! 19:16, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Crystal Mapping Deletion status
You are possibly right that it is a neologism - but thats a problem I'll have to deal with in a much more general sense than wiki entry. What if I use the term Crystal Map - would that cover off the neologism? I still can't figure how I can not promote the idea by entering it into wikipedia. Mind mapping promotes mind mapping and same for concept mapping? And surely mind manager is promting mind manager - thats advertising isnt it. I'm not trying here to sling any mud but i just dont know how else to make my case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark wogan (talk • contribs) 19:21, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Jonathan

Have seen your use of Twinkle and read the user page, but it's not obvious to me how to install it. I use Firefox and have Windows XP. I'm only pretty basic in setting up software. Any tips appreciated, thanks. --Paul144 (talk) 20:14, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I have the tabs. When you use TW like you did today on the dietary fiber page, do you use the "warn" tab when reverting? In other words, is that the most efficient tab for reverting spam?--Paul144 (talk) 21:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Vector Images
Hi,

I'm just wondering how vector images are created. I have the program Inkscape, but I can't seem to make the leap from raster to vector images. The Wal-Mart logo I uploaded for the Wal-Mart article was a PNG raster image. If I had known how to make it a vector image, I would have uploaded it as an SVG file instead. I'm guessing that when you replaced my PNG with the SVG, you used the existing image on Wikipedia to do so. I'm just curious how it's done, so I will know in the future.

Thanks,

Phillip (User:Pwu2005)

13:58, 15 August 2008 (CST)

I may just be too much of a newbie to wikipedia, but I am confused as to how requesting someone look at a page and determine its necessity constitutes vandalism. If there is another way to go about the process I would surely use that. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theanimalstyle86 (talk • contribs) 23:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah
I was thinking maybe my hands will wilt off or something. :) I work overnight and it's something to do. The more tedious the better. :) --WoohookittyWoohoo! 01:33, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Awesome!!
Just wondering if it is possible for me to have the floating smiley face on my page and if so, how do i do it? --NefariousOpus 09:25, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The code is below:


 * Thanks a lot, I love this little guy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nefariousopus (talk • contribs) 01:40, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Logo
Thanks. That looks really cool. I've added it to the top of my user page. It brightens the place up. Now I just need to tidy the rest up but I'm really lazy. Thanks again. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, that's how I feel a lot. :-P Jonathan talk - contribs - review me! 03:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Nicktrop logo.PNG)
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Warning to user:Krownhunter
While the edit to Phil_Elmore was inappropriate under WP:BLP, no attempt to explain this has been made to Krownhunter and the material was sourced (while not reliable enough to meet the requirements of BLP it shows good faith) and it appears more in line with edit warring between him and User:Stephen Mallory, and Mallory then used vandal templates impropriety (immediately using the level 3 warning template for a user with no previous history of unconstructive edits, and the repeat vandal template on his user page) to dismiss the opposing view. If you check the page history you will also see that I was reverted after cleaning up some sources and wording, and it seems that Mallory may not have understood the collaborative nature of wikipedia. Thanks for you time. --Nate1481(t/c) 12:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Re: Child Feedback
Quite frankly, the only source that I have is what is on the forums. Unless I can activly link to several posts, and even then forums might not be a "proper" source. Tutthoth-Ankhre (talk) 23:40, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Nickelodeon Newsletter - September 2008


Nicktropolis a GA candidate The article Nicktropolis is currently a GA candidate. It was nominated on August 14, 2008, and, as of press, is still pending a review. You can review the article, just be neutral when you do. Here's the important links:


 * Article
 * Talk page
 * Good article nominee page

New look You may have noticed some changes around the home page (and the newsletter). WP:NICK is getting a face lift, and so are most aspects of it.

Jonathan and Macy are working on this so far, but we'd love your help! If our code has an issue, or you think a new bit of code will make it look better, feel free to work with it!

Collaboration of the Month Our next collaboration depends on the pending GA review of Nicktropolis.


 * If there are problems Nicktropolis (per review)
 * Fix these problems ASAP.


 * When these are done, or if Nicktropolis goes GA
 * Work on improving Nickelodeon's article

Archives We made a new page just so we can archive these newsletters. Go to WikiProject Nickelodeon/Newsletter. I felt that was a bit lengthy, so I made a shortcut just for it. It's WP:NICK/NEWS. I created that so, if our delivery boy fails, you can still access the newsletter.

Editor's note on the hiatus The newsletter went on hiatus for around 3 months because I took a wikibreak to get away from all the drama on Wikipedia. Let me tell you, though: I'm back, and I feel better than ever. So don't expect me to put the newsletter on hiatus for a long while. —Jon How's the weather? - talk about me behind my back 00:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Kudos This newsletter was delivered to you by DeliveryBot.

delivering newsletter
hey, I just wanted to let you know that it is a best practice to sign the newsletter deliveries with a datestamp so that archive bots will properly take them away. just for the future. cheers, – xeno  ( talk ) 01:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * by the way, from the looks of it, that newsletter wasn't properly closed. you're missing a closing div tag. – xeno  ( talk ) 01:28, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter delivery request
I am from WP:MARINERS, and I was wondering if you could get your bot to deliver our newsletter to members that are on the mailing list? If you could, that would be swell!  Meis funny  Gab How was I? 20:05, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Done and done. I did what you asked. Could you deliver them the first of each respectable month? Thanks!  Meis funny  Gab How was I? 00:59, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You can see this month's Newsletter here. Do you mind if we use the design for the Nickelodeon WikiProject's? If not, I can easily revert it to the old one. Just tell me before September 1st. Thanks!  Meis funny  Gab How was I? 18:03, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The image is great! Go right ahead. Thanks for everything!  Meis funny  Gab How was I? 00:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:RSSbutton.PNG
Hi, just to let you know I have nominated Image:RSSbutton.PNG for speedy deletion as it as a duplicate of Image:RSSbutton.png. Also, I am little bit concerned about the copyright status of the image; Image:Feed-icon.svg is licensed under a MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license, however you have asserted that your image which uses Image:Feed-icon.svg is released into the public domain, which I don't think is legally possible, so you may want to have a look at that. Thanks, ~ Ame I iorate U T C @ 05:33, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Good to go?
Is our Newsletter still going to be delivered? I am pretty sure you took care of that, just making sure.  Meis funny  Gab How was I? 19:11, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:NICK banner
I've modified the original banner to a new one that uses a PNG version of Image:Wikiproject nickelodeon logo.svg:

P.D. some feedback may be provided in my talk page. Macy 19:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for Image:Nicktropolis-logo.jpg
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